UPRISING IN PERU
DICTATORSHIP ATTACKED REVOLT CRUSHED AFTER SIX HOURS [By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright] Received Feb. 20, 8.30 p.m. LIMA (Peru), Feb. 19. An uprising against the dictatorship of President General Benavides was crushed after fighting in which a number were killed. President Benavides’ trusted friend, General Antonion Rodriguez, Minister of Public Safety, with detachments of national police of which he is the head, stormed the presidential palace which they held, down for six hours. Finally they were dislodged by the palace guards. General Rodriguez was killed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 43, 21 February 1939, Page 7
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87UPRISING IN PERU Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 43, 21 February 1939, Page 7
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